Graveyards suck.
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Graveyards suck.
So I am trying to get on a Graveyard sleep schedule, which means staying up all night tonight. This sucks.
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Gooch wrote:Way to go douche. You are like a one-man, fiero-destroying machine.
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I just got home from work. Fun stuff.
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And my laptop battery died last night. Like, what the fuck? How does a laptop battery, that is 1 year old, and has never been unplugged for any appreciable amount of time (Appreciable being over 5 minutes), go dead?
And then, as if it dying wasn't enough, I have to remove it. Otherwise, the computer will randomly shut down every 5-10 minutes. Problem. The battery is structural, and provides a balance point for the computer, so it doesn't rock on the other boobie like bulge on the bottom of the computer. It is also an anti-slip device, with a rubber strip so the computer doesn't slide away. So now my laptop rocks when I type, and runs away from me if I touch it.
And then, as if it dying wasn't enough, I have to remove it. Otherwise, the computer will randomly shut down every 5-10 minutes. Problem. The battery is structural, and provides a balance point for the computer, so it doesn't rock on the other boobie like bulge on the bottom of the computer. It is also an anti-slip device, with a rubber strip so the computer doesn't slide away. So now my laptop rocks when I type, and runs away from me if I touch it.
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Gooch wrote:Way to go douche. You are like a one-man, fiero-destroying machine.
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becouse you never unplug it, the battery life is crappyAaron wrote:And my laptop battery died last night. Like, what the fuck? How does a laptop battery, that is 1 year old, and has never been unplugged for any appreciable amount of time (Appreciable being over 5 minutes), go dead?
And then, as if it dying wasn't enough, I have to remove it. Otherwise, the computer will randomly shut down every 5-10 minutes. Problem. The battery is structural, and provides a balance point for the computer, so it doesn't rock on the other boobie like bulge on the bottom of the computer. It is also an anti-slip device, with a rubber strip so the computer doesn't slide away. So now my laptop rocks when I type, and runs away from me if I touch it.
Ok this sucks. I'm tired. 0311 and I want to go to bed. I find myself reading the once hysterically amusing Best of Craigslist ads, and, well first of all, not really reading any of them, and secondly, the ones that I do read, not really comprehending or finding even the slightest hint of humor in.
I tried playing Grand Theft Auto. ADD limited that to 10 minutes. I was texting a girl I know, but she went to bed like normal people do.
I thought about reading a book. Revert to earlier description of current reading position.
I tried playing my 10 year old online half life video game. I was getting really pissed because the other dudes were way better than me. They always knew where I was, and killed me the first shot every time. It took me 8 minutes before I realized they were all bots.
*pause for yawn*
Now I'm watching random StreetFire videos.
I tried playing Grand Theft Auto. ADD limited that to 10 minutes. I was texting a girl I know, but she went to bed like normal people do.
I thought about reading a book. Revert to earlier description of current reading position.
I tried playing my 10 year old online half life video game. I was getting really pissed because the other dudes were way better than me. They always knew where I was, and killed me the first shot every time. It took me 8 minutes before I realized they were all bots.
*pause for yawn*
Now I'm watching random StreetFire videos.
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Gooch wrote:Way to go douche. You are like a one-man, fiero-destroying machine.
No, like died as in failed completely, broken, fucked up, no longer serving as a power saving agent. I'm fine with no battery life, this is a desktop replacement anyways. But it won't even work plugged in!FieroGeneral wrote: becouse you never unplug it, the battery life is crappy
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Gooch wrote:Way to go douche. You are like a one-man, fiero-destroying machine.
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I've been on shift work since I was 19 and started operating plants.
It doesn't really bother me.
Try doing it when sitting in a control room for 12 hours a night. You will finally understand boredom.
Sit in here by yourself all night...
I think I have it worse than most, I have an hour comute out in the boonies. Leave at around 5:30 and get home around 8. If they didn't pay me well to do it, there is no way I would stay at this job.
Aaron, what job are you doing? Security?
It doesn't really bother me.
Try doing it when sitting in a control room for 12 hours a night. You will finally understand boredom.
Sit in here by yourself all night...
I think I have it worse than most, I have an hour comute out in the boonies. Leave at around 5:30 and get home around 8. If they didn't pay me well to do it, there is no way I would stay at this job.
Aaron, what job are you doing? Security?
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When we trip out to go on alert the drive can be up to 3 hours. Then 24 hours later we come back. But yeah, it'll be interesting to see how my sleep patterns turn out with the weird schedules we have.crzyone wrote:I've been on shift work since I was 19 and started operating plants.
It doesn't really bother me.
Try doing it when sitting in a control room for 12 hours a night. You will finally understand boredom.
Sit in here by yourself all night...
I think I have it worse than most, I have an hour comute out in the boonies. Leave at around 5:30 and get home around 8. If they didn't pay me well to do it, there is no way I would stay at this job.
Aaron, what job are you doing? Security?
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